Freelance Writers Resources

Has Speech Recognition Software Come of Age?

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:20:04 +0000

I’m jumping off the deep end here, because I’ve never had the opportunity to try speech to text software, but it’s high on my wish list and I’ve been exploring the latest offerings. Everywhere I look, Dragon Naturally Speaking seems to come up as the best speech recognition software on the market right now. The …

The Truth about this Expat Writer’s Life

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:06:15 +0000

I subscribe to a lot of newsletters and unsubscribe to almost as many. If they turn out to be relentless hustles to sell products, I go. If they contain a lot of hype, I leave. One newsletter I recently dumped comes from a site that caters to wanna-be expats. I was suspicious from the beginning, …

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:49:41 +0000

What do Ernest Hemingway, Jack London and Virginia Woolf have in common – besides being famous writers? They all committed suicide. This is just the short list, too. Even the “Top Ten” list of famous literary suicides barely scratches the surface. As a breed, creative writers seem to be particularly suicide prone. Why? Readers, swept …

Reflections on the Harlan Ellison Rant about Writing for Free

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:44:14 +0000

I’ve just finished watching the famous Harlan Ellison rant about writing for free again, after about a 3 year break. In case you haven’t seen it, I’ve embedded it below. It was first uploaded in 2007 and if he was angry then, he must be angrier now, because the only thing that’s changed is that …

Bloggers: Forget SEO and Write from the Heart

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 09:34:10 +0000

I’ve come to the conclusion that my resurrected Writing Resources is off to a bad start. I’ve been focusing far too much on SEO and far too little on what matters the most; expressing yourself with words. I came to this conclusion after scouring through my earlier posts, the ones I didn’t bother to post …

Quick Note about Google Policy Change

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:23:04 +0000

I’ve just received word from a client that Google has been penalizing his site for using services like SEOLinkVine and other commercial article distribution services. Although he didn’t mention UAW specifically, I’ve decided to remove my recent post recommending the service and the sidebar widget until I learn more.

Using Keywords Correctly for Instant (Good) Karma

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:36:46 +0000

It’s only been about 2 weeks since I began blogging regularly here on Writing Resources and I’m already seeing positive results, so I’m sticking with my theory that Content is King. However, a recent exchange in the comments section of my post, SEO Basics for Everyone brought another aspect of search engine optimization to mind. …

Starting from Scratch – My Freelance Writing Career

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:58:07 +0000

My freelance writing career began in 2009. Before that, I had done quite a bit of freelance writing, but it was only casual. Since then, it has been a full time career. Necessity forced me to start from scratch, taking work wherever I could find it. It hasn’t been easy, but it’s been worth it. …

Writing Is the Number One Web Design Skill

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:03:43 +0000

I just ran across this article and had to drop everything to blog about it. Called Top 10 Web Design Skills You WILL Need, it was on a site called Web Design from Scratch. With titles like that, naturally I thought Number One on the list would be Photoshop or some other design tool. It …

SEO Basics for Everyone

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:22:03 +0000

Do you get frustrated by SEO “experts” who make Search Engine Optimisation sound like rocket science? So do I. That’s why I’ve taken the time to write this SEO basics blog. There are two kinds of “SEO gurus” who make SEO sound harder than it needs to be for most of us: There are those …